GO TO 2040 UPDATE APPENDIX Major Capital Projects October 2014 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Major Capital Projects ............................................................................................................................... 2 Expressway Additions: Express Toll Lanes ....................................................................................... 2 I-55 Stevenson Express Toll Lanes ................................................................................................... 2 I-290 Eisenhower Express Toll Lanes .............................................................................................. 3 Expressway Additions: Interchanges and Improvements ............................................................... 4 Circle Interchange .............................................................................................................................. 5 I-294/I-57 Interchange ........................................................................................................................ 5 I-190 Access and Capacity Improvements ...................................................................................... 5 Jane Addams Tollway (I-90) ............................................................................................................. 6 Transit Improvements ........................................................................................................................... 6 CTA North Red/Purple Line Modernization ................................................................................. 7 West Loop Transportation Center Phase I Improvements ........................................................... 7 Metra Rock Island Improvements ................................................................................................... 8 Metra SouthWest Service Improvements ....................................................................................... 8 Metra UP North Improvements ....................................................................................................... 8 Metra UP West Improvements ......................................................................................................... 8 New Projects and Extensions ............................................................................................................... 9 CTA Red Line South Extension ........................................................................................................ 9 Elgin O’Hare Western Access ......................................................................................................... 12 IL 53/120 Tollway ............................................................................................................................. 13 Illiana Expressway ........................................................................................................................... 13 Metra UP Northwest Improvements and Extension................................................................... 15 Project Cost Estimates ............................................................................................................................. 16 Capital Costs ......................................................................................................................................... 16 Operating Costs .................................................................................................................................... 16 Role of Project-Specific Revenues ...................................................................................................... 17 Managed Lanes Methodology ............................................................................................................ 18 Results .................................................................................................................................................... 18 Project Evaluation .................................................................................................................................... 21 Build and No Build Scenarios ............................................................................................................ 21 Evaluation Measures ........................................................................................................................... 21 Summary of Evaluation Results ......................................................................................................... 26 Unconstrained Major Capital Projects .................................................................................................. 32 Blue Line West Extension ................................................................................................................... 32 Project description............................................................................................................................ 32 Cost estimate ..................................................................................................................................... 32 Project status ..................................................................................................................................... 32 BNSF Extension .................................................................................................................................... 32 Project description............................................................................................................................ 32 Cost estimate ..................................................................................................................................... 33 Project status ..................................................................................................................................... 33 BNSF Improvements ........................................................................................................................... 33 Project description............................................................................................................................ 33 Cost estimate ..................................................................................................................................... 33 Project status ..................................................................................................................................... 33 Brown Line Extension ......................................................................................................................... 33 Project description............................................................................................................................ 33 Cost estimate ..................................................................................................................................... 34 Project status ..................................................................................................................................... 34 Central Area Transitway ..................................................................................................................... 34 Project description............................................................................................................................ 34 Cost estimate ..................................................................................................................................... 34 Project status ..................................................................................................................................... 34 Circle Line (Phase II, South) ............................................................................................................... 35 Project description............................................................................................................................ 35 Cost estimate ..................................................................................................................................... 35 Project status ..................................................................................................................................... 35 Circle Line (Phase III, North) .............................................................................................................. 35 Project description............................................................................................................................ 35 Cost estimate ..................................................................................................................................... 36 Project status ..................................................................................................................................... 36 Elgin-O’Hare Far West Extension ...................................................................................................... 36 Project description............................................................................................................................ 36 Cost estimate ..................................................................................................................................... 36 Project status ..................................................................................................................................... 36 Elgin O’Hare